Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: Ramdisks and tmpfs problems | Date | Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:31:14 -0200 |
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On 10 April 2002 05:45, Sean Hunter wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 02:46:39PM -0400, Geoffrey Gallaway wrote: > > So no go with ram disks (this is kernel 2.4.18 on a 3 gig RAM dual PIII > > 1gig, BTW). So now to try tmpfs. Since I need to copy the existing files > > in /etc off to tmpfs I have to create a "temporary" tmpfs, copy /etc off > > to it then create another tmpfs on top of the existing /etc and copy from > > the "temporary" tempfs back to the new /etc. I came up with the following > > commands: > > mount -w -n -t tmpfs -o defaults tmpfs /mnt > > cp -axf /etc /mnt > > mount -w -t tmpfs -o defaults tmpfs /etc > > cp -axf /mnt/etc/* /etc/ > > umount /mnt > > # -- Reapeat for /var and /tmp -- > > Wouldn't this be easier? > > mount -t tmpfs none /dev/shm > cp -axf /etc/* !$ > mount --bind /dev/shm /etc
/dev is for devices, why do you use it for mounting filesystems? I use /mnt/xxx or custom top-level dirs for mounts.
For example, I have /.share mounted to common NFS storage, /.local mount --bind'ed to local (i.e. per-workstation) storage, /mnt/auto is for automounter (local disk access, SMB etc) and symlinks: /usr -> /.share/usr /home -> /.share/home ... /tmp -> /.local/tmp /var -> /.local/var ...
This works just fine for me. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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